Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 1 min4:39 am – 9:41 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 29 min8:22 am – 3:51 pm
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People8,970 residentsin the Burnage South census areaMedian age 34.13,202 households39% of homes owner-occupied15% owned outright47% social rented, 12% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting8.8% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 3,413 in work, 13% retiredMain industries: health and social work 17%, retail and wholesale 16%, education 13%Getting to work: 25% work from home, 52% go by car, 12% take public transport, 11% walk or cycle83% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages28% of adults hold a degree or higher26% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 85%3% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C890 mm of rain a year, 22 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December27 days of air frost, 10 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksPeel Moatwater · under a mileTiviot Daledale · 2.3 miSykes Reservoirreservoir · 2.4 miHoughend Cloughvalley · 2.2 miGorton Lower Reservoirreservoir · 2.9 miSale Water Parklake · 4.1 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesLadybarn Parkpark · under a mile · 10 haHeaton Moor Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 38 haFog Lane Parkpark · under a mile · 19 haHighfield Country Parkpark · 1.1 mi · 31 haBurnage Cricket Groundplaying field · under a mileKingswood Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes202 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197019 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 197623 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202539 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 14 · PM2.5 7.6 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband100% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,337 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation47 m154 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 37 to 72 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWithington Hospital1.8 miGP surgeryLadybarn Group Practice50 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBurnage Pharmacy34 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistOcean Dentalunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi75 schools44 primary, 9 secondary, 9 independent, 7 special, 3 nursery, 3 otherPrimaryGreen End Primary Schoolages 3-11, 492 pupilsright herePrimarySt Bernard's RC Primary School Manchesterages 3-11, 154 pupilsright hereSecondaryBurnage Academy for Boysages 11-16, 1,021 pupilsright hereCollegeXaverian College2.1 miUniversityUniversity of Manchester3.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN6.3 miRailway stationMauldeth RoadBurnageunder a mileMetroEast Didsbury (Manchester Metrolink)1.3 miBus stationStockport Interchange2.1 miBus stops130 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the M19 postcode district.
